During Lent and as part of our Year of Prayer our church communities were invited to create ‘Lenten Inches of Art’. People of all ages took one or more pieces of an inch-square block of painted wood and have represented something of their journey through Lent. Of course, during this period our gathering together has been transformed by coronavirus and measures of social-distancing and isolation. This sad and terrible virus that has swept across the globe is also reflected through some of our thoughts and visual representations.
Below is a digital gallery of our artwork, reflection, and our prayers. You can click on the images to take a closer look.
What would you create with your ‘inch of art’?
McConkey’s 
Elijah (Palm Leaf Cross) 
Elizabeth and David 
Nicole (Be Still My Soul) 
Espi, Leo and Asha 
Tommy, Thinking about Easter
(Drawing of Christ)
Iris, thinking about better times
(Signs of Hope)
Iris, thinking about better times
(Beach Hut)
Our community allotment Wednesday/Friday, in collaboration with Barnabus (who work with street homeless in the city centre) 
Our allotment helps people grow and learn about fruit and vegetables. 
Our allotment brings a variety of people together and is fun and good exercise! 
Jane
(Even the darkness is as light to You)
These tiles represent our Wednesday Crossroads Café 
Our Church Café tiles show socialising, friendship, welcome games, humour, laughter and our films on Wednesday 
Watching movies at the Church Café 
Games and fellowship at the Church Café 
Art and craft at our Wednesday Café 
Jenny Finlayson: This block shows that we enjoy taking part in puzzles and quizzes at the Wednesday Café 
Bible 
Heidi 
Heidi (Rainbow) 
Heidi 
Andrew G
Even in a rough old piece of plywood,
God has written something unique and beautiful. 
It is the same for humans. Nothing needs to be added, 
but we need to accept God’s stripping away
for the beauty to be revealed.
Julie (Hosanna!) 
Elijah, Nikki, Julie 
Julie 
Elijah 
Nikki Lunn
(You Say I am Loved: 1-8)
Nikki Lunn (1) 
Nikki Lunn (2) 
Nikki Lunn (3) 
Nikki Lunn (4) 
Nikki Lunn (5) 
Nikki Lunn (6) 
Nikki Lunn (7) 
Nikki Lunn (8) 
Louise
Unable to isolate. The isolation and plight of a street child
(Photo: Streetgirl Balloon Seller, Kolkata, India)
This woman had little but gave me water when I was thirsty
(Photo: Woman in Doorway, Delhi, India)
Shadow of a coffin above the head of a grieving mother
(Photo: Mourners, National Arboretum, Alrewas)
“Woman, why are you crying?” (John 20:13)
(Photo: Empty Tomb, An English Church)
Colossians 1:27
(Photo: Lumiere – Spaces of Hope, Durham Cathedral)
Louise
Journeying through Lent many of my thoughts and prayers have led me to photographs and memories of people, places and stories. These thoughts and images led me to think of Jesus, his mother Mary, and the disciples’ journeying through the events of the Garden at Gethsemane to Easter Sunday and ‘the [eternal] riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory’.
Contact Louise if you still have your ‘inch of art’ and would like to add it to our gallery